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Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks

Posted by michael on from the um,-install-debian-instead? dept.

Lisa writes "There are big differences between Mac OS X and Unix machines. In this MacDevCenter article, Brian Jepson has assembled ten tips to help achieve a smooth transition from Unix to OS X."

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  1. I hate to state the obvious but.... by Sanity · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ...given that most Slashdot readers seem to be advocates of Open Source operating systems on commodity hardware, why the enthusiasm for encouraging people to switch to OSX - a closed source operating system made by the poster-child for locking people into overpriced hardware?

    People might like to think that Apple is somehow better than Microsoft, but trust me - if they had Microsoft's monopoly, their behavior would be no better, in fact, given that they would have a monopoly on hardware too - things would be much worse.

    1. Re:I hate to state the obvious but.... by jericho4.0 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
      I simply don't understand people. How is this offtopic? It's my opinion damit!! And why the hell do people mod down anyway?? Modding stuff up pushes other stuff down, so it must be cause you're little bitches.Sigh....

      I love /. but it makes me cringe when I see bad jokes, pro-MS, or alternate opinions modded down.

      And yes this is totally OT, but your mod points are more usefull elsewhere...it's gonna get modded down anyway, though, lol.

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  2. 10. Shutdown Doesn't Really by stephenisu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    New from the Apple Switch Campain: I used a pc that messed up all the time, and I had to shut it down a LOT.. Now that I CAN'T do a proper shutdown, I don't have THAT problem...

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  3. Re:WHAT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Any other seemingly valid reasons to switch away from UNIX and to begin using MacOS X?

    Do you have $2500 eating a hole in your pocket and want to buy a new fangled gadget? If so, a Mac is pretty cool. If not, stick with the $500 PC running FreeBSD or Linux and you won't notice a difference except having more money in your checking account.

  4. Stop OSX news!!! by ee96090 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm so bloody tired of hearing about OSX this, OSX that. Why is slashdot giving Apple free publicity?? OSX will *never* replace PCs. It's just too expensive for John Average, so why bother? In the mean time, we keep hearing this over and over...
    I'm sure I will be modded down, but I had to get this off my chest! :P

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  5. Re:My Top 10 by Dog+and+Pony · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    All those tricks *and* lots of cute colors for only double the money... :)